The Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division issued the 38th "Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report". The Report: (i) summarized merger enforcement activities, and (ii) highlighted the 42 merger enforcement actions taken to preserve competition in different sectors of the economy. The Report includes statistical tables profiling Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and investigations during fiscal year 2015. The Report states that the enforcement actions were taken to preserve competition in diverse and important sectors of the economy, including consumer goods and services, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, high tech and industrial goods, and energy.

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